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Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002

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prepare for emergencies, conducting exercises to test emergency response activities, developing trauma and burn center care plans for emergency medical services, improving public health laboratories, training public health and health care personnel, developing systems by which information can be communicated, addressing the safety needs of children and vulnerable populations, ensuring safety of workers, preparing for contamination prevention efforts and for triage and transport in emergencies, training health care professionals to recognize and treat mental health consequences, enhancing training of health care professionals to provide appropriate care for large numbers of individuals, enhancing training to protect the health and safety of personnel responding to an attack, improving preparations for emergency response activities, and improving the ability of existing telemedicine programs to provide information, as part of the emergency public health response to bioterrorism or other public health emergencies.
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agents or toxins are transferred or destroyed in a safe manner set forth by regulation. It authorizes exemptions for products that contain select agents and are cleared, unless DHHS determines that applying additional regulation to a specific product is necessary. It authorizes exemptions for an investigational product that contains a select agent when the product is being used in an investigation authorized under any federal act and the DHHS determines that applying additional regulation to such product is not necessary.
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surveillance and reporting, appropriate laboratory readiness, properly trained and equipped emergency personnel, protection of workers responding to such an emergency, public health agencies that are prepared to coordinate health services during and after emergencies, and participation in communications networks that can publicly and privately disseminate information in a timely and secure manner.
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of persons possessing select agents. It requires information on registered persons to be submitted to the attorney general to determine if they are within any restricted categories. It requires prompt notification of the Secretary and law enforcement agencies of the theft or loss of listed agents and toxins.
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to require community water systems serving a population of more than 3,300 to conduct an assessment of the vulnerability of its system to a terrorist attack, to certify and submit a written copy of the assessment, and to prepare an emergency response plan. It requires the review of current and future
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It mandates a chain of custody for those entities that seek to import components of drugs, devices, food additives, color additives, or dietary supplements for further processing and export, and requires certificates of analysis for components containing any chemical substance or biological substance
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directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain a list of select agents that the Secretary determines has the potential to pose a threat to animal or plant health. Regulations should be established for transfers, registration and maintenance of a database of listed toxins, and security
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Permits the Secretary, if the Secretary has a reasonable belief that an article of food is adulterated and presents a threat of serious health consequences or death to humans or animals, to have access to and copy all records that are needed to assist the Secretary in determining whether the food is
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It requires the review of methods and means by which terrorists or other individuals or groups could disrupt the supply of safe drinking water or take other actions which could render drinking water significantly less safe for human consumption, and increases penalties under the Safe Drinking Water
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Subtitle D affords flexibility regarding procedures in emergency situations. It provides extensions for certain reporting deadlines during a public health emergency and expands the authority of the Secretary, in consultation with the Surgeon General to specify communicable diseases that are subject
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Subtitle C makes funds available for national security with respect to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies. Eligible activities include developing coordinated local plans for responding to emergencies, addressing deficiencies in public health needs, purchasing or upgrading equipment to
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It authorizes exemptions for clinical or diagnostic laboratories and other institutions who possess select agents that are contained in specimens for diagnosis, verification, or proficiency testing, provided that the identification of such agents is reported to DHHS and other authorities, and such
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It requires the federal government to provide assistance to state and local governments in the event of bioterrorism or other public health emergency and ensure that state and local governments are prepared to detect and respond to such emergencies, including capability for effective public health
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It permits the Secretary to require the owner or consignee of food refused admission into the United States, but not ordered destroyed, to affix to the container of the food a label that clearly and conspicuously bears the statement: UNITED STATES: REFUSED ENTRY, and it prohibits an importer from
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It requires developing and maintaining medical supplies against biological agents that may be involved in an emergency, ensuring coordination and minimizing duplication of federal, state, and local planning, preparedness, response, and investigation of a public health emergency, and enhancing the
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to add provisions with the purpose of ensuring that during an emergency, sufficient health care items and services are available to meet the needs of individuals on welfare, and health care providers furnishing such items and services in good faith, but that are unable to comply with one or more
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Subtitle B directs the Secretary of DHHS, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to maintain a stockpile of medical supplies for the event of bioterrorism or other public health emergency and directs the Secretary to ensure that a sufficient amount of vaccine against smallpox is
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The DHHS is to develop materials for teaching recognition and identification of potential bioweapons, to develop materials for planning by state and local governments, health care facilities, and emergency personnel to respond to an emergency, to develop programs for testing laboratory and other
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The President's Council on Food Safety, with the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of the Treasury, other relevant federal agencies, the food industry, and scientific organizations, develop a communication and education strategy with respect to bioterrorism threats to the food supply.
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It amends federal criminal code provisions concerning possession of listed biological agents and toxins to provide that whoever knowingly transfers a select agent to a person they believe is not registered, or knowingly possesses a select agent for which a person has not obtained the required
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It amends the FFDCA to direct the DHHS to give high priority to increasing the number of inspections to enable the inspection of imported food with the greatest priority given to inspections to detect the intentional adulteration of food, to give high priority to making improvements to the
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information management systems of the FDA for information related to imported food, to improve cooperation with other regulatory agencies that share responsibility for food safety, and to provide for research into the development of methods to test food to rapidly detect adulteration.
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It permits an employee of the FDA to detain any food that is found during an inspection, if the employee has information that it presents a threat of serious adverse health consequences or death, but only if the Secretary or an official designated by the Secretary approves the order.
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It authorizes grants and cooperative agreements to provide loans, scholarships, fellowships, or other forms of assistance for training individuals in any category of health professions for which there is a shortage that the Secretary determines are necessary for proper preparation.
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adulterated and presents a threat. It requires the Secretary, if they have information that a shipment of imported food presents a threat of serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals, to provide notice regarding such threat to the appropriate States.
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The Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration is to expand research relevant to rapid detection and identification of pathogens likely to be used in a bioterrorism attack, and the Secretary, acting through the Director of the
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It requires that any facility engaged in manufacturing, processing, packing, or holding food for consumption in the US be registered with the Secretary, and allows for the debarment of importers with a history of repeated or serious food import violations.
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is an alien who is a national of Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan or Syria, or any other country to which the Secretary of State has made a determination that such country has provided support for acts of international
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It directs the DHHS, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, to provide assistance for security to facilities or people involved in countermeasures for bioterrorism and public health emergencies.
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of 2002 directs the Secretary to award grants to States, political subdivisions of States, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations to develop and implement public access defibrillation programs. Authorizes appropriations.
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It authorizes the Secretary to use existing research programs to protect the food supply of the United States by conducting and supporting research specified bioterrorism agricultural research and development activities.
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It establishes a system of public health alert communications and surveillance networks between federal, state, and local public health officials, health systems, and any other appropriate entities.
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It provides grants to universities with programs in food and agricultural sciences to review security standards and practices at their facilities in order to protect against bioterrorism.
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to construct and equip new facilities, renovate existing facilities, and upgrade security in order to better combat threats to public health and support public health activities.
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs is to enhance the readiness of VA medical centers to protect patients and staff from chemical or biological attack or to respond to an attack.
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from amounts appropriated to the Food and Drug Administration, and authorizes appropriations for the Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications, and the
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Title V contains miscellaneous provisions, including a measure unrelated to public health and safety, in which the FCC is to direct the conversion to digital television.
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As in Subtitle A, there are exemptions for clinical and diagnostic laboratories, products, investigational use, agricultural emergencies, and public health emergencies.
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This states that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services are to coordinate activities regarding overlapping agents and toxins.
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It amends the FFDCA to mandate electronic annual registration of foreign manufacturers and importers of drug and device products into United States.
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It requires food importers to give the Secretary prior notice of the importation of any food for the purpose of enabling the food to be inspected.
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between the Secretary and the head of the other department or agency to conduct examinations and inspections for the Secretary under the FFDCA.
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Title I deals with preparation on the federal, state, and local level for bioterrorism and other public health emergencies such as epidemics.
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An Act to improve the ability of the United States to prevent, prepare for, and respond to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies.
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amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise provisions concerning definitions and the authority to assess and use drug fees.
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conduct a study to determine the most effective and safe way to distribute and administer potassium iodide tablets on a mass scale.
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It authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize existing authorities to give high priority to expanding the capacity of the
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Subtitle C: Improving State, Local, and Hospital Preparedness for and Response to Bioterrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies
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It directs the Secretary of HHS and the Secretary of Agriculture to coordinate the surveillance of zoonotic diseases.
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Emergency Public Information and Communications Advisory Committee', which are to submit recommendations to the DHHS.
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specified requirements may be reimbursed for such items and services and exempted from sanctions for noncompliance.
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It authorizes the Secretary to utilize existing authorities to give high priority to expanding the capacity of the
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Title III details the methods of protection of the nation's food supply against contamination or other threats.
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It sets forth rules governing disclosure of information, penalties for violators, and reporting requirements.
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It established procedures for preparation for bioterrorism and public health emergencies. It also created the
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Title II deals with the security of dangerous biological agents and toxins used in research and development.
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methods to prepare to respond to the intentional introduction of contaminants into community water systems.
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It authorizes the Secretary to commission employees of other federal departments or agencies, pursuant to a
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Middle-Atlantic Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research
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It provides public accountability for goals in the process for the review of human drug applications.
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A component of the new rules include security risk assessment of individuals who have access to the
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has been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year
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has been discharged from the Armed Services of the United States under dishonorable conditions
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has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to any mental institution
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to provide protection for people living near a nuclear power plant, and requests that the
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Title XXVIII: National Preparedness for Bioterrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies
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is under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year
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It establishes an Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness in the
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Subtitle A: National Preparedness and Response Planning, Coordinating, and Reporting
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Title I: National Preparedness for Bioterrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies
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Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction
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registration shall be fined, or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
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Subtitle B: Strategic National Stockpile; Development of Priority Countermeasures
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public health personnel for preparedness, and to disseminate this information.
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Act for tampering with drinking water systems and authorizes appropriations.
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Subtitle D: Criminal Penalties Regarding Certain Biological Agents and Toxins
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Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
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Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
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Subtitle C: General Provisions Relating to Upgrade of Agricultural Security
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Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (formerly Center for Biosecurity)
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port shopping with respect to food that has previously been denied entry.
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A "restricted person" is a person who fits any of the following criteria:
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Subtitle C: Interagency Coordination Regarding Overlap Agents and Toxins
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to conduct inspections, and authorizes appropriations for enabling the
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Title II: Enhancing Controls on Dangerous Biological Agents and Toxins
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Subtitle B: Funding Provisions Regarding Food and Drug Administration
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to require information to be efficiently distributed to the public.
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It revises provisions concerning reports of postmarketing studies.
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Statement on Chemical and Biological Defense Policies and Programs
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Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013
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Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness Response Act
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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Title III: Protecting Safety and Security of Food and Drug Supply
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It directs the FDA to designate a "priority countermeasure" as a
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Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness Response Act
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Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2005
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Integrated National Biodefense Medical Countermeasures Portfolio
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to conduct inspections and allows for automated record keeping.
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readiness of hospitals to respond to public health emergencies.
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
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Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
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tablets available to state and local governments through the
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https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3448
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Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System
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to promote the orderly transition to digital television.
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of 2001, must not be afforded access to these materials.
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to upgrade buildings and modernize existing facilities.
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Subtitle D: Emergency Authorities; Additional Provisions
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It directs the DHHS Secretary to coordinate with the
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on December 20, 2001 (Passed unanimous consent)
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Subtitle A: Department of Health and Human Services
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Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness Response Act
Great Seal of the United States
107th United States Congress
107–188
Statutes at Large
Stat.
594
42: Public Health and Social Welfare
Legislative history
H.R. 3448
Wilbert J. Tauzin, II
R
LA
418–2
425–1
98–0
George W. Bush
DHHS
USDA
National Disaster Medical System
select agents and toxins
PATRIOT Act
Public Health Service Act
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Department of Health and Human Services
National Disaster Medical System
Disaster Medical Assistance Teams
Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Secretary of Agriculture

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